A person who lends money at high interest rates, or interest calcualted on a daily or weekly basis, with the threat of physical violence being used on failure to repay the loan.
A:"Is it fair to get a loan at 25% interest?"
B:"Fair to the loan shark you're borrowing from, maybe. . . "
B:"Fair to the loan shark you're borrowing from, maybe. . . "
by D F Stuckey July 17, 2004
Gay slang for a man attracted to uncircumsised partners, particualarly those with a heavy smegma buildup beneath their foreskin.
by D F Stuckey July 31, 2005
Bipedal creature found on Earth. First creature in the biosphere to succesfully refine abstract thought into more than the ability to lie and/or delude itself, humans developed the technique of picturing the way things might be and then planning ways to make reality fit the pattern.
This faculty turns in upon itself, however, when the attempt fails, leading to such emotional conflicts as self-loathing, bias against more succesful others, self-worship, or sublimation of individualism into a group mind.
Humans have borrowed many traits from other species such as hunting for pleasure ( from cats and squids ), enslaving other species ( from ants ), protecting and nurturing other species to gather products from them ( from ants ), spoiling other creatures habitats by their own constructs ( from beavers ), and creating and sharing habitats with other creatures ( from corals, rodents and birds ). Humans have invented several concepts for themselves, such as artistic endevour for its own sake, resource gathering and stockpiling for its own sake, ignorance and self-delusion as a natural right, love and attraction not solely for the purpose of reproduction, worship of the different, lack of diversity as a positive, and worship of the identical.
Humans are capable of percieving that they are less than what they imagine themselves to be. This is not only their major problem, it is also their major strength.
This faculty turns in upon itself, however, when the attempt fails, leading to such emotional conflicts as self-loathing, bias against more succesful others, self-worship, or sublimation of individualism into a group mind.
Humans have borrowed many traits from other species such as hunting for pleasure ( from cats and squids ), enslaving other species ( from ants ), protecting and nurturing other species to gather products from them ( from ants ), spoiling other creatures habitats by their own constructs ( from beavers ), and creating and sharing habitats with other creatures ( from corals, rodents and birds ). Humans have invented several concepts for themselves, such as artistic endevour for its own sake, resource gathering and stockpiling for its own sake, ignorance and self-delusion as a natural right, love and attraction not solely for the purpose of reproduction, worship of the different, lack of diversity as a positive, and worship of the identical.
Humans are capable of percieving that they are less than what they imagine themselves to be. This is not only their major problem, it is also their major strength.
" Some say modern humans are smarter than cavemen, some say we are less. I think we are exactly as smart as cavemen, and that is pretty smart indeed".
by D F Stuckey July 05, 2004
The act of a company taking over other companies, in order to grow larger. Secrecy about the takeover is implied but is not obvious or compulsory.
( Derived from the powerful Shipstone Corporation, which eventually owned Coca-Cola and 50% of all business on Earth in Robert Heinlien's novel "Friday"
( Derived from the powerful Shipstone Corporation, which eventually owned Coca-Cola and 50% of all business on Earth in Robert Heinlien's novel "Friday"
by D F Stuckey February 14, 2004
A science fiction or action film or television show which is set in or primarily in the ocean or underwater.
Derived from the term soap opera
Derived from the term soap opera
by D F Stuckey May 05, 2004
A quote line to introduce a new topic of conversation, or to end a particualarly embarrassing line of talk.
Derived from the old horse operas where action at one point was interrupted to go to the ranch in question; This line being spoken by the narrator in order to assist the hard of thinking. ( A hold over from radio narration style )
Derived from the old horse operas where action at one point was interrupted to go to the ranch in question; This line being spoken by the narrator in order to assist the hard of thinking. ( A hold over from radio narration style )
A;"Anyway, how did your date with Sarah go?"
B:'OK, I guess . . . Did you know she was a hermaphrodite?"
(Silence)
A:"Meanwhile, back at the ranch . . . "
B:'OK, I guess . . . Did you know she was a hermaphrodite?"
(Silence)
A:"Meanwhile, back at the ranch . . . "
by D F Stuckey May 05, 2004
To take an opportunity to do something when the time and conditions are near perfect or available.
From agriculture, when farmers gather the long grass growth of summer to dry it to produce hay as winter feed for animals; The best time to cut and dry the hay is during sunny days.
From agriculture, when farmers gather the long grass growth of summer to dry it to produce hay as winter feed for animals; The best time to cut and dry the hay is during sunny days.
A:"There's a sale at K-mart this week - You wanna see if the have something for your sister's birthday?"
B:" Sure - Might as well make hay while the sun shines, and get her something at cut price!"
B:" Sure - Might as well make hay while the sun shines, and get her something at cut price!"
by D F Stuckey May 16, 2004